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Medicine

Prof Peter Cantillon MB BCH BAO, MSc, MRCGP, MHPE

Contact Details

Title

Professor

Address

Dept. of General PracticeClinical Science InstituteNui Galway

Telephone:

Ext. 2262

Email:

ei.yawlagiun@nollitnac.retep

Biography:

Peter Cantillon is an
educationalist with a special interest in clinical education and faculty
development. He holds a personal chair in primary care. Peter chairs the Postgraduate Course
Development Group in the School of Medicine and leads the School's faculty
development strategy. Having just completed a successful three-year period as
head of general practice, he is now focusing on establishing a major international
educational research programme on workplace teacher development in
collaboration with Maastricht University. Peter acts as an accreditor of
Postgraduate Colleges and their associated training programmes with the Medical
Council and sits on the Council’s Monitoring Standards Sub-committee. Peter has
been invited to become the principle external examiner for Manchester School of
Medicine and is a current external examiner for the new Graduate Entry Medical
School at the University of Limerick.

Educationalist
roles

A major part of
Peter's work is the development of healthcare educators and the promotion of
high quality clinical education. He established and leads the faculty
development group at NUI Galway, GAME, (the Galway Alliance of Medical
Educators), (see our blog at GAMENUIG).
He established Ireland's first inter-professional Masters course in clinical
education in 1985. This highly successful blended learning course has 180
graduates to date, many of whom have used the qualification to develop their
careers as senior clinical educators and leaders in health care education.

Peter developed an
approach to making learning theory accessible for clinical educators through the
ABC in Learning and Teaching series with the BMJ in 2003. The 12 article series
was subsequently developed into a successful book by BMJ Publishing in 2003.
The book is currently available in a 2nd
edition published by Wiley Blackwell, 2010.

Peter co-founded the
Irish Network of Medical Educators, (INMED)
in 2008 to promote healthcare education research and faculty development in
Ireland. The organisation has a membership of 120 healthcare educators in 2012.
Peter is the current chair of INMED and is leading the redevelopment of the
organisation toward becoming a major provider of faculty development and
education research sponsorship. The INMED membership is expected to grow
considerably through the development of strategic relationships with the Irish
postgraduate colleges, and the equivalent UK organisation, ASME (the
Association for the Study of Medical Education). The organisation plans to
launch its first research bursary scheme in 2013.

Peter is an
active promoter of educational research regionally and nationally through the Masters
in Clinical Education programme, (62 registered students in 2012-13) and
through the growing influence of INMED.

Research Interests

Research
Roles

Peter’s
earlier research focused on offsite and distance based teacher training. More
recently his research has explored the phenomenon of workplace learning and
development. The idea that teachers
ought to be developed in the workplace rather than in offsite settings is a
relatively new one. Peter is one of a
small number of international advocates who are influencing a shift in emphasis
toward more authentic and contextually situated approaches to clinical teacher
development. He is currently developing
a major four programme of research looking at the relationship between
organisational and professional social worlds and teacher development with
Maastricht University. Peter is an active promoter of educational research regionally and nationally through the Masters in Clinical Education programme, (62 registered students in 2012-13) and through the growing influence of INMED.

Further details of Peter’s research can be
found under the "publications" link on this site, at his research blog (FacDev@Work)
or by following him on twitter @CantillonP